Russia’s Bitcoin Economy, Coinmint’s Expansion, and Core Scientific’s $8.7B AI Deal

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Will, Colin, and Matt are back with another news roundup. It’s election season, so naturally, headlines about Russia have weaseled their way into the news cycle – only this time, the news is about how Russia allegedly wants to encourage trade in bitcoin to bypass sanctions. The gang also talks about Coinmint’s partnership with NYDIG to expand its Massena, NY facility, and our friends at Compass give us an update on the bitcoin mining hosting market. The show wraps up with the latest on Core Scientific’s $8.7 billion deal with Core Weave, and in this week’s cry corner, the fellas are perplexed at why Dennis Porter, founder of Satoshi Action Fund, is getting so much heat for Pennsylvania’s new bitcoin rights bill. 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:53 Difficulty update 04:00 Russia using bitcoin for international trade? 15:26 Massena & the Alcoa East plant 18:36 Hosting update w/ Karoon from Compass 32:46 Core Scientific Final Contract Option by CoreWeave 37:49 Cry corner: why so butthurt about Dennis Porter? Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices